Locomotive-pilot.



G. n. BOWEN.

LOGOMOTIVB PILOT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1912.

' Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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LOUOMOTIVE PILOT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 25. 1912.

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IIOGOMQTIVE-PILOT- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 19

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon D. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented 5 certain Improvements inLocomotive-Pilots of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of pilots for locomotives and this object I attain by making the pilot 10 from a sheet metal plate bent into form and suitably braced, thus dispensing with the usual cumbersome pilot made of bars.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure l, is a plan view of my improved pilot; Fig.

2, is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4-, is a perspective view of the sheet metal plate forming the facing of the pilot.

B is the bumper beam at the forward end of the locomotive and of the ordinary construction.

b is the draw head secured to the bumper beam.

A. is the pilot made of sheet metal and bent into the form illustrated in Fig. 4, having a central inclined portion a, inclined side port-ions a and vertical portions 0, 0. The latter extend above the upper edges of the portions a, a. The projecting portions 0 are bolted firmly to the bumper beam B, as

shown.

c, 0 are inturned flanges, which project under the bumper beam and are secured thereto by right angled'plates E. These plates extend part way down the flange, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and vertical bolts secure these plates to the bumper beam.

At the lower end of the pilot is a vertical 40 flange e and an inturned flange e, which materially strengthen the pilot, and in order to reinforce the nose of the pilot I provide a plate f, which is riveted to the inturned flange and at each edge I also provide a reinforcing plate f, which is secured to the inturned flange by bolts or rivets.

D, D are braces, one at each side of the center of the pilot. These braces are inclined and are secured by bolts to the lower flange e of the pilot and extend either to the back of the bumper beam or some distance to the rear of the bumper beam and are secured to longitudinal stringers, accord-. ing to the type of the pilot employed. These braces are wide so that two or more bolts can be used to secure them in place and they are beveled at their outer ends so as to fit snugly against the inclined surface of the pilot.

It will thus be seen that I am enabled to.

make a pilot with very few parts and to make the body of the pilot of sheet metal bent into shape and suitably braced.

The pilot can be readily secured to the bumper and the braces may extend beyond the bumper or to a point at the rear of the bumper; two or more braces being used, according to the type of locomotive to which the invention is applied. In some instances the flange 6 may be bent outward instead of inward as shown.

I claim:

1. A pilot for locomotives made of a sheet metal plate bent to form two inclined side portions and two vertical portions atthe rear of the pilot terminating at the inclined side portions, said vertical portions extending above the upper edge of the said inclined side portions and spaced apart at the center and adapted to be secured to the bumper beam of a locomotive.

2. A pilot for locomotives made of a sheet metal plate bent to form two inclined side portions, vertical portions at the rear of the pilot extending to the inclined side portions, a vertical flange depending from the lower edge of the inclined portions, the vertical portions extending above the upper ends of the side portions and spaced apart and adapted to be secured to the bumper of a locomotive.

3. A pilot for locomotives made of a sheet metal plate bent to forma central inclined portion and two inclined side port-ions, a vertical portion at the rear end of each side portion, said vertical portions extending above the upper end of the side portions and adapted to be secured to the bumper beam of a locomotive; and vertical inturned flanges at the outer edge of each vertical portion extending from the lower edge of the pilot and projecting under the bumper beam.

4. A pilot for locomotives made of a sheet metal plate bent to form a central inclined portion, two inclined side portions; a vertical portion at the rear end of each side portion, said vertical portions extending above the upper edge of the side portions and spaced apart; a vertical flange depending from the lower edge of the central in- In testimony whereof, I have signed niy clined portion and inclined side portions; name to this specification, in the presence of and an inturned flange at the rear end of two subscribing; Witnesses.

the pilot projecting rearwardly from the GEORGE D. BOWEN. outer edge of the rear vertical portion, said Witnesses:

ange connecting With the vertical flange at LOUIS H. BENDER,

the lower edge of the pilot. J. H. KERST.

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